Regardless of popping out in 2019 the Powerbeats Professional nonetheless greater than maintain their very own as sports activities headphones because of the superb match and lengthy battery life, though they lack helpful options like ANC.
Learn extra in my Beats Powerbeats Professional evaluate
For
- Safe, comfy match
- 9-hour battery life
- Higher controls than Match Professional
In opposition to
- No ANC or transparency modes
- Bigger than Match Professional
- Costlier on MSRP
The Match Professional are smaller and smarter than the Powerbeats Professional, utilizing a wing-tip to create a safe match for sports activities. They sound good and have ANC and transparency modes, however are usually not as comfy or long-lasting because the Powerbeats Professional.
Learn extra in my Beats Match Professional evaluate
For
- Cheaper on MSRP
- Pocket-size case
- ANC and transparency
In opposition to
- Uncomfortable wing-tips
- Shorter battery life
The Beats Powerbeats Professional had been launched in 2019 and except for the occasional launch of latest colours the buds are largely the identical right now. This implies they’re outdated in some respects, with probably the most important being that the Powerbeats Professional don’t have energetic noise cancellation (ANC) or a transparency mode.
These are actually commonplace options on in-ear headphones that price quite a bit lower than the $249.95 MSRP of the Powerbeats Professional, and also you do get each modes on the Beats Match Professional, which got here out in late 2021 and are additionally cheaper on MSRP at $199.95.
Nonetheless, one benefit of their age is that the Powerbeats Professional are all the time lowered throughout massive gross sales occasions, and it’s almost all the time a $100 low cost that brings them all the way down to $150. At this worth they’re cheaper than the Beats Match Professional, that are additionally lowered within the gross sales this 12 months however solely to $159.
I’ve examined quite a lot of sports activities headphones since 2019, and I nonetheless fee the Powerbeats Professional among the many greatest, regardless of their age, as a result of the necessities are executed properly—they sound nice, have a safe match for any exercise, and lengthy battery life.
Except for the dearth of ANC and transparency modes I discovered little to fault the Powerbeats Professional on after I initially examined them, or certainly after I began utilizing them once more these days to replace our evaluate on Coach.
In distinction, after I examined the Beats Match Professional I discovered them surprisingly uncomfortable to make use of for something longer than an hour or so, with the wing-tip digging into my ear. I’ve no such issues with the Powerbeats Professional, and regardless that the wing-tip on the Match Professional create a safe match for exercises, the additional reliability of the hook on the Powerbeats Professional is welcome throughout HIIT exercises and runs particularly.
One other benefit to the Powerbeats Professional is their controls are simpler to make use of. You’ll be able to regulate the amount utilizing a separate set of buttons on every headphone—you’ll be able to’t management quantity on the Match Professional buds—and the multifunction button on the Powerbeats Professional is well-positioned so that you solely contact it once you need to, whereas I incessantly hit the button on the Match Professional by chance.
These benefits imply I’d go for the Powerbeats Professional for $10 much less within the Black Friday gross sales, with a watch to utilizing them primarily as sports activities buds. Nonetheless, for those who journey quite a bit the ANC on the Match Professional could also be helpful sufficient to swing the choice of their path. The passive noise cancellation from the in-ear match of the Powerbeats Professional blocks some exterior sounds, however to not the extent that ANC does.
Within the UK the equation is somewhat completely different this Black Friday, because the Powerbeats Professional have solely been lowered to £179 on Amazon from their MSRP of £269.95, whereas the Beats Match Professional are £149 down from £219.99. The Powerbeats Professional are nice and have benefits, however I wouldn’t pay £30 extra to get them over the newer Match Professional.
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